Water Power Technologies Office 2019 Peer Review Systematic Process and Analysis Wave-SPARC for Reaching Commercialization 2.2.1.402 Marine and Hydrokinetics Program Jochem Weber & Jesse Roberts 9 October 2019 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Sandia National Laboratories U.S.1 | DEPARTMENTProgram Name OF orENERGY Ancillary TextOFFICE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE ENERGY eere.energy.gov1 Project Overview Project Summary Project Information The core objective of WaveSPARC is empowering the marine energy community with the tools necessary to achieve a Project Principal Investigator(s) significant improvement in techno-economic performance of wave generated grid power. A detailed systems engineering approach simultaneously balances around 100 cost and performance drivers (functional requirements and capabilities) Jochem Weber, Chief Engineer for wave energy converters (WECs). This holistic approach is crucial for unlocking the vast wave energy opportunity. Jesse Roberts, Principal Scientist, Sandia Publicly accessible technology innovation and assessment methods and tools (new to the wave energy sector) have been delivered. These tools are used to identify potential novel, high-promise WEC concepts for further exploration, development, and commercialization. Leveraging these tools, WEC techno-economic performance increases can be realized through the implementation of the technology development trajectories with the lowest possible cost, schedule, and risk mitigation at the earliest stages of development (see right figure on cover page) [1,2,3] with role of WaveSPARC. WPTO Lead Future efforts will expand WaveSPARC capability to the various Powering the Blue Economy maritime markets (e.g. ocean observation, AUV recharge, desalination Bill McShane Project Objective & Impact The major goals and objectives of WaveSPARC regarding priority, investment and impact are: Project Partners/Subs 1. Invention, assessment, identification, verification and validation of novel and high techno-economic-potential WEC technology concepts to deliver high-confidence “seeds” for subsequent industrial development to full commercial application and economic viability Wave Venture, Sub 2. Development and delivery of WEC technology innovation and assessment methodologies and tools and provision of Ramboll, SUb these as services and for free use by industry and the entire sector Black & Veatch, Sub 3. International collaboration for global best practice alignment of assessment and innovation methods Xodus, Sub All of the above elements are essential to accomplishing the implementation of technology development trajectory with reduced development cost, time and risk and increasing success by first aiming for high TPL prior to maturing the EMEC & Central Nantes, Collaborator technology the TRLs, while maintaining high TPL in order to achieve market entry requirements at TRL9 and TPL7 or higher. This is implemented through the provision of the final project products: innovation of high-confidence “seeds” for Project Duration commercial development by industry, and the development, application and provision of technology innovation and assessment tools. The project has extensive national and global impactful and strong potential of significantly advancing Start Date: 1 October 2014 the state-of-the art by applying the internally developed and internationally recognized best approach to early stage technology development through full maturity. WaveSPARC has been collaborating with an international project portfolio of Project End Date: 30 September 2023 over €25 million. Over 500 TPL assessment applications are estimated since its first release providing empowerment across the sector. It has the potential to bring about a step change in techno-economic performance and technology advancement through structured techniques of innovation, development of effective tools and methods. 2 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the Program Marine and Hydrokinetics (MHK) Program Strategic Approaches Data Sharing and Analysis Foundational Technology- Reducing and Specific Barriers to Crosscutting Design and Testing R&D Validation 3 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the MHK Program Foundational and Crosscutting R&D • WaveSPARC develops, applies and • Drive innovation in components, refines technology assessment and controls, manufacturing, materials and innovation methodologies and delivers systems with early-stage R&D specific these and innovative technology to MHK applications concept solutions to the MHK industry • Develop, improve, and validate for use and for full development and numerical and experimental tools and commercialization. methodologies needed to improve • It drives innovation at farm systems, understanding of important fluid- device and sub-system levels in all of structure interactions the above-mentioned areas and • Improve MHK resource assessments beyond. and characterizations needed to optimize devices and arrays, and understand extreme conditions • Collaboratively develop and apply quantitative metrics to identify and advance technologies with high ultimate techno-economic potential for their market applications 4 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the MHK Program Foundational and Crosscutting R&D • WaveSPARC develops and applies • Drive innovation in components, holistic and quantitative techno- controls, manufacturing, materials and economic assessment metric systems systems with early-stage R&D specific to identify technology weaknesses and to MHK applications strengths, ultimately to advance • Develop, improve, and validate technology towards their markets numerical and experimental tools and applications. methodologies needed to improve • The TPL systems are current focused on understanding of important fluid- continental grid markets but can and structure interactions will be adapted to all other focus • Improve MHK resource assessments markets under Powering the Blue and characterizations needed to optimize devices and arrays, and Economy understand extreme conditions • Collaboratively develop and apply quantitative metrics to identify and advance technologies with high ultimate techno-economic potential for their market applications 5 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the MHK Program Technology-Specific Design and Validation • WaveSPARC supports the validation of performance and of reliability of • Validate performance and reliability of systems by conducting in-water tests of systems that are being tested in open industry-designed prototypes at waters by retiring critical risks prior to multiple relevant scales in-water testing, through detailed • Improve methods for safe and cost technology assessment and early stage efficient installation, grid integration, tank testing. operations, monitoring, maintenance, • This de-risking approach is applicable to and decommissioning of MHK all WEC systems that are currently technologies under development and to the novel • Support the development and adoption systems invented in the project. of international standards for device performance and insurance certification • Evaluate current and potential future needs for MHK-specific IO&M infrastructure (vessels, port facilities, etc.) and possible approaches to bridge gaps 6 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the MHK Program Technology-Specific Design and Validation • WaveSPARC, through the holistic TPL assessment methodology, considers all • Validate performance and reliability of systems by conducting in-water tests of cost and performance drivers of the industry-designed prototypes at complete wave farm system over its multiple relevant scales lifecycle. • Improve methods for safe and cost efficient installation, grid integration, operations, monitoring, maintenance, and decommissioning of MHK technologies • Support the development and adoption of international standards for device performance and insurance certification • Evaluate current and potential future needs for MHK-specific IO&M infrastructure (vessels, port facilities, etc.) and possible approaches to bridge gaps 7 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Alignment with the MHK Program Technology-Specific Design and Validation • The WaveSPARC team actively contributes to a large number of • Validate performance and reliability of systems by conducting in-water tests of international collaborations, EU or industry-designed prototypes at global projects on technology multiple relevant scales assessment, metrics development, • Improve methods for safe and cost innovation techniques, and is a key efficient installation, grid integration, contributor to international standards operations, monitoring, maintenance, and collaboration including IEA-OES. and decommissioning of MHK technologies • Support the development and adoption of international standards for device performance and insurance certification • Evaluate current and potential future needs for MHK-specific IO&M infrastructure (vessels, port facilities, etc.) and possible approaches to bridge gaps 8 | Water Power Technologies Office eere.energy.gov Project Budget Lab FY17 FY18 FY19 Total Project Budget (Q1 to Q4) (Q1 to Q4) (Q1 & Q2 FY17–FY19 Q1 & Q2 Only) (October 2016 – March 2019) Lab Costed Costed Costed Total Costed Total Authorized NREL [$600K] [$806K] [$288K] [$1,694K] [$2,500K] Sandia [$666K] [$668K] [$350K] [$1,684K] [$2,366K] TOTAL [$1,266K] [$1,474K] [$638K] [$3,378K]